Other coaches and scouts at the club are annoyed and bemused, however, as their own recommendations and targets were overlooked by Granovskaia.

Green took part in training on Thursday and the club made a point of saying he would play backup to both Willy Caballero and Thibaut Courtois – even though the latter has been heavily linked with a £35million switch to Real Madrid.

His staff may be bemused, but Sarri is content to focus on coaching – not transfers (Picture: Getty)

Although some of Sarri’s staff are disgruntled, the manager himself is happy to defer to the club’s transfer committee, as he explained at his unveiling: ‘I want to clarify I feel I am more of a field manager, a pitch manager, than a general manager.

‘I think I am one of the few managers who is bored by the transfer market. I don’t want to talk about it, I am not that interested in it. I think our task as managers is about growing the players we have.’